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GUIDE  TO  PARLIAMENT  HOUSE
                         Visitors'  Galleries  :  On  the  first  floor  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Chamber  are  located
                    various  Galleries.  The  Press  Gallery  is located  just  above the  Chair  and  to  its  left
                    are situated the  Speaker's  Gallery and  the Rajya  Sabha  Gallery and  facing  the  Chair
                    is the  Public  Gallery  (a  small  portion  of  this  gallery  is  reserved  for  ladies).  The
                    Distinguished Visitors'  Gallery  and  the  Diplomatic  Gallery  are  on  the  right  side
                    of the Press Gallery.   The seating capacity of each  Gallery  is  as indicated  below:—
                                                     Gallery                                       No.  of
                                                                                                   Seats
                                (i)  Press Gallery      .    .    .   .    .                         98
                                (2)  Speaker's Gallery        .   .    .   .                         28
                                (3)  Rajya  Sabha Gallery     .   .    .   .                         52
                                (4) Public Gallery                                                  317
                                (5)  Ladies  Gallery          .   .    .   .                         18
                                (6)  Distinguished Visitors' Gallery  .                              52
                                (7)  Diplomatic Gallery       .   .    .   .                         28

                                                           TOTAL      .                             593

                                                                                               Press  Gallery
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